World War I Today

The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff and the First World War

by Robert B. Asprey

The massive Iron Hindenburg in Berlin, its decorative scaffolding and cannons. One method to raise war funds was through nailings, charging for adding a nail to a wooden iron cross, statue or other object. Berlin was the site of this massive statue of General Paul von Hindenburg, hero of the Battle of Tannenberg. One could nail an iron, silver, or gold nail for 1, 5, or 100 marks respectively.

The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff and the First World War by Robert B. Asprey